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Title: Carl Gershman papers
Date (inclusive): 1961-1984
Collection Number: 81124
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
31 manuscript boxes
(12.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, minutes, resolutions, and printed matter relating to the U.S. Mission to the U.N.,
socialist and radical movements in the U.S., and Social Democrats, U.S.A.
Creator:
Gershman, Carl
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981, with incremental material received later.
[Identification of item], Carl Gershman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1943 | Born in New York City |
| 1965 | Graduated with a B.A. from Yale University |
| 1965-1967 | Volunteered as a Service to America (VISTA) worker, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1968 | Graduated with an M.Ed., Harvard University |
| 1969-1974 | Director of Research, Co-Chairman, and Executive Director, successively, of the Youth Committee for Peace and Democracy in the Middle East |
| 1970-1974 | Vice Chairman, Co-Chairman, and Chairman, successively, of the Young People's Socialist League |
| 1975-1980 | Executive Director, Social Democrats, U.S.A. |
| 1981-1984 | Counselor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1971-1974 | Director for the Youth Institute for Peace in the Middle East |
| 1984- | President of the National Endowment for Democracy |
Correspondence, speeches and writings, minutes, resolutions, and printed matter relating to the U.S. Mission to the U.N.,
socialist, radical, and labor movements in the U.S., the Young People's Socialist League, and Social Democrats, U.S.A. Includes
an audio recording of a debate between Carl Gershman and M. Stanton Evans.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism -- United States
Radicalism -- United States
Social Democrats, U.S.A.
Young People's Socialist League